Shloka 513

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

मघवान्‌ समभिक्रुद्ध: सहसा दानवानिव । जैसे क्रोधमें भरे हुए इन्द्र सहसा दानवोंपर बाणोंकी बौछार करते हैं, उसी प्रकार द्रोणाचार्यने धृष्टद्युम्मपर बाणोंकी बड़ी भारी वर्षा आरम्भ कर दी

Transliteration

maghavān samabhikruddhaḥ sahasā dānavān iva |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—କ୍ରୋଧେ ଉଦ୍ଦୀପ୍ତ ମଘବାନ୍ (ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର) ଯେପରି ସହସା ଦାନବମାନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଶରବର୍ଷା କରନ୍ତି, ସେପରି ଦ୍ରୋଣାଚାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଧୃଷ୍ଟଦ୍ୟୁମ୍ନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଭୟଙ୍କର ବାଣବୃଷ୍ଟି ଆରମ୍ଭ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• मघवान्: Maghavan (Indra)
• मघवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समभिक्रुद्धः: enraged, greatly angered
• समभिक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अभि-क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past participle)

• सहसा: suddenly, at once
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• दानवान्: the Danavas (demons)
• दानवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Maghavān (Indra)
• Dānavas
• Droṇācārya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how wrath can amplify destructive capability when joined with expertise and power. Ethically, it cautions that even disciplined warriors may become instruments of devastation when anger takes the reins, a recurring Mahābhārata reflection on the moral cost of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Droṇa launching an intense barrage of arrows at Dhṛṣṭadyumna, comparing Droṇa’s sudden, furious assault to Indra’s mythic onslaught against the Dānavas.